Collapsible bunkhouse



Sept 14 i943 E. D. HEDRICK 2,329,611

COLLAPS IBLE BUNK HOUSE aimer D. Hedrick sept.14,1943. E. D. HEDRICK i2,329,611

COLLAPSIBLE BUNK HOUSE Filed March 16, 19.42 2 Sl'leets--Sheei'I 2 l VII/.lll

vPatente'd Sept. 14, 1943 issiiseiieii avise-airis, 194e, sessi. sie: rari-ees. i

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struction a'rid a; description of n'e' Willb seri/eesv a description. of both., "Ilie base comprises a oor 9 that'issupporti o and rmly secured to sills or stringers l 0. This floor is preferably made we.,ecbeeeenimeef'freies Hire iris erupted brevi een fthe] iiisbese' in ne jef seid nits areV hoek-shaped eridsz 'dbtedl to' efr f ei'eiiiencsisuerf es 'pinsso, eeriidyi seid parcs; The materiel 'er theibsfzfs 'ii'dieiied es peinis ineiig'nmeiirwir said hooks te provisie recesses 3| intel which said'hobksmeypeiss ih ytrie act of engaging tlrem with the pins 30. Ifthepz'i @ed recess is carried by the pari;V 241th'en: the part zk- Willipe provided withfrecesses 32`iir'i'to'-whieh the T hOQkgS? 9; may bei drawn under the.. influence @i splines 33.; Wheetheleuildineziis nllepsed and the parts are@ seeshipeee from spieseftosplece. '00 The purpose of Withdrwing these hooks -is to brorust @fiese 'saires frebiiff to;

ing the corners into tight engagement with each4 other, in properly lining up the parts and in forming a weather-tight joint. Thisformation of a weather-tight joint is facilitated by the presence of the ribs and grooves which break the line of what would otherwise be a straight joint.

The type of joint employed between the rails II and stiles I3 is also employed between the top stiles or plates of the side walls 35 and rails 36. These rails 3 6 constitute the frame work of the roof. The roof proper preferably consists of lightweight weather-proof board which may be ply-board, hard-board or any other of the composition materials now so widely used. J oists 3l spaced at intervals along the roof have their upper surfaces shaped to form a relatively flat arc. The curvature of the roof is sufficient to shed waterbut the relatively flat arc results in providing a roongelement adapted to be packed along with the side walls, end walls ,and floor intoa shipping bundle of very little height. The side walls are stiffened by verticalstuds 38 and horizontal stringers39. Bunl-:s consisting of simple Iendless tubing 40 having canvas webbing laced thereto, as indicated .at 42, are pivotally mounted in suitable fixtures 43 so that they may occupyvthe horizontal positionsillustrated in Fig. 1 or they may `beswung up to the vertical positions illustrated in Fig. 2. Whenin lowered position these bunks are supported by pivotedfolding links 44 and when in Vertical position they lie within the recesses provided by the studs, rails 3S. and stilesofthe side walls. In addition, the lower bunks may be provided with stiffening legs 44vcomprising short sections of pipe engaged with T s that are pivotally .mounted upon the frame tubing ofthe lower bunks'. These bunksare so thin thatA no part of them projects beyond the facesof the studs and thus the side walls and bunks may be packed as a unit for shipment and occupy verylittle space. As a matter of` fact, the 'capability of close packing inherent in this structure is such that ay full-size eight man bunkhouse when packedforshipment constitutes a package only 2O inches/inheight. The joists ymay carry slats 45, constitutingracksin which articles may be placed. The louvers i8 are of .conventional -form and needno particular description. These louvers may be screened and provided with waterproof curtains lon, the inside oflthe buildingif desired. However, these are not features Yof invention and are not shown. The doors Ismay be of any suitable type, though they are preferably so made as to provide glass `carryingpanels 46 and ylouvers 41; The Aglass From the foregoing it will be seen that the proposed construction s of light weight, may be cheaply manufactured, requires but little metal, may be erected or collapsed in a few minutes, may be packed into a bundle of small size for shipment with all of the parts including the bunks in place so that they will be ready for ,instant use when the building is being erected,

wherein the building is made very rigid to resist any accidental collapse under wind pressure Weather-tight under even severe driving rains and high winds. In addition, I cause the `joists to serve as a support for inbuilt lighting fixtures. An electric bulb is indicated at 53 in Fig. 8, this bulb being located at the end of a section of conduit indicated at 54. This conduit has upon itsl outer end and outside of the roof, a plug-in socket 55. There maybe two orv more of these lighting fixtures and they provide means whereby a source of lighting supply may be plugged into the socket 55 and the building lighted inside of a minute after its erection. "f

It is to be understood that'the invention is not limited to the` precise construction set forth but that it includes vwithin its purview whatever changes fairly come Vwithin. either the terms orthe spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1. In a collapsible building the combination with sills arranged to constitute a rectangular frame, a kfloor supported thereon, rails secured lto and extending along the outer sides of the sills and having their upper faces disposed a `materialdistance below the tops ofthe. sills, the upper faces lof said rails carrying upstanding ribs extending lengthwise thereof and of tapering formation in cross section,.vertical walls supported upon saidrails and comprising-bottom stiles having their under faces provided with grooves shaped to receive said ribs,the location of said ribs and grooves, and their shapes, being such as to guide and hold the inner sides of the said lower stiles into close contact with'the outer sides of v`those portions of the sills which lie above the sill carried rails.

2. A structureY as. recited in claimv l in combination with horizontal bolts traversing the sills and rails for binding them together, vertical bolts passing through the bottom stiles of the side walls and having lower ends engaged with fixed members of the rails and drawing means upon the vertical bolts for drawing the side walls forcibly down upon the said ribs. 3. A structure as recited in claim l in combination with horizontal bolts traversing the sills vand rails for binding them together, vertical bolts passing through the bottom'stiles of the side walls and having lower ends engaged with fixed elements `of the sills and thumb nuts Vthreaded upon the vertical bolts andl acting'againstthe upperfaces of said lbottom stiles to 4thrust the sidewalls Aforciblydownward upon the ribs to cause said ribs by their tapering formation to thrust the side walls into weather-tightengagement with the outer sides of the sills.

vELMER D. I HEDRrCK. 

